Car-brake



G. F. OUTTEN.

Car Brake.

' NO. 25.911. y Patented om. 25, |859,

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G. F. OUTTEN, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

CAR-BRAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 25,911, dated October 25, 1859.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. OUTTEN, of Norfolk city and county, in theState of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements inOar-Brakes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andeXact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 2 is a plan view.

This brake is self-adjustable and is rendered so either by pressure orpulling from the front, provided that the stop c is thrown over the endof the spring lever Z), which prevents the action of the combination ofmachinery belonging to said spring, upon the brake. The brake itself issimply a lever G with a long handle or continuation F; attached to theupper end of this is the chain I running over the irons placed betweenthe ratchet wheels B, B, for that purpose; this chain I is then attachedto the spring end of the slide plate H; by means of this slide platedirect motion is given to the brake lever G in the following manner Theplate has near the outer end a bolt-hole so that it may readily befastened to the car in advance; at a proper distance back of this bolthole is a slot sufficient to allow a proper length of slide, workingover a square bolt as Shown; now when the locomotive or car in advanceis stopped, immediate motion is given to this plate H by the actuatingpower, causing it to move either back or forward as the case may be;when the plate H slides in its place it is so curved at its rear end,that by pulling it forward it throws up the ratchet catch g, or whenpushed back falls and catches in the teeth of ratchet wheels B, B, whereit is held firmly by the springs a, a, and the weight acting upon thechains K, K, from behind; when in this position the brake is down asrepresented in the drawings. When the cars are ready to start again anda suiiicient pull is given, it causes this plate to move forward (asshown in red lines) thus throwing the ratchet catch up and of courserelieving the brake. Should the brakeman see proper to stop the brakefrom acting of itself he may do so by throwing down the stop c from overthe end of the spring lever b. The plate H, when sliding forward hasteeth on one side into which the end of spring lever b lits and preventsit from going back again until relieved by hand fromv the other end ofsaid lever Z). The spring lever is acted upon by means of thecombination that follows The slide plate H has set in it a stud 0 (withthe end of it beveled like a door bolt) which when moved forward strikesthe notched end of the spring catch Z causing the opposite end to bepressed back, allowing the stud caught against the spring lever Z) to bethrown out of its holding slot in catch cl. The stud 0 on lever thenhaving nothing to hold it allows said lever to fly forward (as shown inred-lines,) being caused to do so by the pressure of spring z' frombehind the catch on the end of spring lever b taking hold in the teethof slide plate H, from which position it cannot be moved except by hand.Spring h holds catch ci forward.

Vhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The combination and arrangement of slide I-I, pawl g, spring a, ratchetwheels B, and chain I, levers d, and and spring operating automaticallyor by hand as may be desired, as herein set forth and described.

G. F. OUTTEN.

Vitnesses:

F. G. CLAYTON, J. O. CLAYTON.

